Washbasin-fixture.



W. A. SPEAKMAN.

WASHBASIN FIX PLICA AP TION FILED JAN '7, 191B.

Patented Aug. 191.2.

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WASHBASIN-FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented All". 20, 1912.

Application filed January 7, 1910. Serial No. 536,825.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, 'nmxnn A. SPEAK- MAN, .1 resident of \Vilmington, in the county of Newcastle, in the State of Delaware, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in. "ashbasin-Fixtures, of which the following is an exact and true description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part thereof. I

My present invention relates to fixtures such as are attached to lavatory wash basins, and the object of the invention is to provide a simple and effective waste valve operating mechanism, particularly adapted for use in, and as a part of, a combination fixture for supplying hot and cold water to lavatory wash basins.

The various features of novelty which characterize the invention are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this specification. For a better understanding of the invention however, and the advantages possessed by it, reference may be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which I have illustrated and described one form in which the invention may be embodied.

Of the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a basin equipped with one form of my improved fixture, the section being taken on line 1-1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the assembled fitting with the basin shown iii-dotted lines and parts of the fitting broken away and in section. Fig. 3 a sectional elevation of a portion of the apparatus of Figs. 1 and 2 taken at rightaugles to Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section through the fitting, taken on the line 4--4 of Fig. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of l ig. l.

In the apparatus shown in the drawings, A represents the body or bowl of the wash basin, and A the flange on the basin-slab thereof which in the form shown is integral with the basin body. The basin is of a type in common use and formed with a waste orifice A leading from the bottom of the basin bowl and with a hollow boss A at the underside of the bowl and surrounding the orifice A". 'lhrough the slab of the bowl is formed a centrally located orifice A and two similar orifices A, one at each side of the central orifice A. The arrangement of in numerous makes and styles of basins now in use and on themarket.

B represents the common discharge nozzle for hot, cold, and tempered water. As shown. the nozzle is formed with a flange or base B which bears against the upper side of the basin slab about the margin of the orifice A. an extension portion of the nozzle B which projects through the orifice A. As shown, the barrel B is separable from the nozzle B. The upper portion of the barrel is externally threaded and its upper end is screwed into an opening formedin the base of the nozzle B. A collar or nut C externally threaded on the body of the barrel portion B of the nozzle is screwed against the under side of the basin slab to secure the nozzle in position. On the lower end of the barrel. B is mounted a hollow fitting part E rovided with two hollow legs E one of w ich is connected to the cold water supply and the other to the hot water supply, as hereinafter described.

ln the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the fitting part E is provided with a central aperture in its upper side slidingly receiving the lower end of the barrel B and a cap E screwed on to the externally threaded boss E surrounding this aperture forms part of a stalling box for preventing leakage. Similar caps E screwed on to the lower down turned and externally threaded ends of the branches E of the member E form parts of stuiling boxes in each of which is slidingly and rotatably received the upturned end F of a corresponding pipe elbow or section F. At the end of the horizontal portion of each pipe section F remote from the upturned end portion F, a. stuffing box is provided comprising a cap F similar to the caps E Into the stutling box thus formed extends a horizontal pipe section G which leads from the discharge port of a corresponding valve barrel H. A valve barrel H passes through each of the passages A formed in the basin slab A and secured in placeby nuts H and H threaded into the barrel. Within the barrel H is located a valve member H connected to a valve swindle H which can be rotated by the ban. wheel H to move the valve member H into and out of the position in which it closes the valve port H The lower end of one barrel H is connected by a coupling the orifices A A and A is that employed member H to the hot water supply pipe 1 A tubular barrel B forms,

and the lower end of the'other barrel H is connected by a similar coupling H to the upper end of the cold water supply pipe J.

A tubular member K passes through the waste orifice A in the bottom of the bowl and is provided at its upper end with an outturned flange K and avalve seat K A nut K is threaded on the body of the member K to take up against the bottom of the boss A or rather against a washer K interposed between the nut K and the boss A to secure the barrel K in place and make a tight joint. On to the lower end of the member K is threaded a fitting part M provided with a shoulder M against which the end of the member K bears, so that when the parts are assembled the member M is always at a fixed distance from the valve seat K for a purpose hereinafter described. An elongated cylindrical flange K formed on the underside of the nut K surrounds a corresponding flange formed at the upper side of the member M and serves to conceal vided with a series of holes 0' and protect the threaded portion of the member K regardless of substantial variations in the length of the boss A of the particular basin to which the fitting is secured.

L represents the valve disk adapted to seat on valve seat K Valve disk L is pro vided with a hollow stem L slotted between its ends as indicated-best at L in Fig. 5. The lower end of the stem L is adapted to be engaged to lift the valve oil the seat by an eccentric pin N secured to the disk N carried by a shaft N which passes through the stufiing box M formed in one side of the member M. The member M is formed atits underside with a thread M for connection to the waste pipe proper. On the shaft N, beyond the stufiing box, is secured an arm N which is connected by a pin N t to a link 0. As shown in Fig. 2, the link 0 is prothrough the proper one of which for any particular in stallation the pin N is placed. The upper end of the link 0 is pivotally connected by a pin P to a crosshead P secured to the lower end of the waste valve operating rod P. The latter passes up through the member E and the nozzle B and has swiveled to it at its upper end an operating knob Q, a portion Q of which enters cavity 13 formed in the upper side of the nozzle B. The usual key Q and corresponding key way provision may be provided for locking the knob at the -proper height above the position shown in Fig. 1 when it is desired to hold the waste valve open.

'lo permit the proper freedom of movement of the valve operating rod P while; guiding the latter and at the same time to a oid leakage. a tubular member D is'provided which. in the form shown in Figs. .1, J and is threaded at its upper end into an rture formed in the bottom wall of the socket B coaxial with the barrel B and extends through the member E. The latter is provided with a stufiing box comprising a cap E threaded on the externally threaded boss E coaxial with the boss E of the member E and formed at the underside of the latter. The tube D is of an external diameter substantially less than the internal diameter of the barrel B of the fitting so that ample space is provided between the tube D and the barrel B for the passage of water. By mounting the waste va'lve operating rod 1 in a tube such as the tube D the rod is not only shielded and guided at its lower end by the tube but the latter acting inconjunction with a. stop or shoulder on the lower end of the rod such as is formed by the fitting I" may bearranged as in the construction illustrated,-to positively limit the upward movement of the rod and thereby prevent an excessive and undesired movement of the waste valve mechanism.

In assembling the apparatus shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the nozzle B and the two valve barrels H are mounted in their re-- spective orifices in the basin slab with the fitting E on the lower end of thebarrel B.

Then by rotating the fitting E about the axis of barrel B with or without rotation of the latter and by adjustingthe fitting E to the proper height and by slightly rotating the valve barrels H the ends of the pipe sections G may be properly entered in the stutting boxes carried at the horizontal ends of the sections F and the vertical ends of the sections F may be properly entered in the stuffing boxes carried at the ends of the branches E of the fitting E.

The provision of a swivel joint such as that between the fitting E and each section F and a telescopic joint such as that between each of sections F and G extendin transversely to the swivel joint in the plpe connection between each valve H and the noz zle B permits the fitting to be readily assembled without any pipe fitting operations on supports where the relative distances between orifice A and the orifices A vary appreciably. By adjusting the height of fitting E relative to nozzle B thefitting may also be readily adjusted to supports where the level of the top of orifice A varies with respect to the level of the tops of orifices A.

With the construction illustrated it Will be observed that the pipe connection between each of the valve barrels H and the mixing chamber within the barrel B is foimed by two pipe sections (F and E) connected to each other by a swivel. joint. This arrangement in conjunction with a telescopic joint such as that between pipe sec tions F and G not only makes it possible to assemble and adjust the apparatus as above described, but makes it possible to propor tion the apparatus to accommodate a much greater variation in the distance between the orifices A and A receiving the nozzle and valve members connected, than would be possible if the, swivel joint were omitted or so disposed that the pipe sections connected by it could not readily be set at an angle to each other.

After the nozzle and parts immediately connected therewith are in place the waste valve operating rod'P can be put in place and connected through the link, 0 to the waste valve operating shaft N, and it is one of the advantages of the construction described that it is difficult with the apparatus disclosed for the fitter to connect the waste valve operating rod to the waste valve in a n1anne1 which will not give the proper movement to the eccentric pin "N and thereby to the waste valve. As before pointed out the fitting part M is always at a fixed distance below the valve seat K regardless of the thickness of the bottom of the basin bowl and the length of boss A T0 properly connect the shaft N to the rod P therefore it is only necessary to insert pin N in the uppermost of the holes 0 in which the pin can be readily inserted without lifting the valve L off the seat K The combination fixture as a whole, disclosed herein, possesses various novel features of construction and arrangement which are not claimed herein, however, but are claimed in my co-pending application, Se-

rial No. 663,367, filed December 1, 1911, which is to be regarded for some purposes as a continuation of the present case.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

L A combination fixture comprising a waste valve having a laterally extending operating member, formed with a guide sleeve, a waste valve operating rod slidingly received in said sleeve and an adjustable connection between said rod and said operating member, and a stop carried by the lower end of said rod and adapted to engage said sleeve and thereby restrict the movement of said rod.

2. A combination fixture comprising a waste valve having a laterally extending rotatable operating member, a supply discharge nozzle formed with a guide sleeve, a waste valve operating rod slidingly received in said sleeve, an adjustable connection between said rod and said operating member whereby the sliding movement of said rod rotates said member and actuates the waste valve, and a stop carried by the lower end of said rod and adapted to engage said sleeve and thereby restrict the movement of said rod.

WILLARD A. SPEAKMAN. Witnesses:

ARNOLD KATz,

WM. R. STEIN.

a supply discharge nozzle. 

